{"id":52023,"date":"2018-03-22T15:12:40","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T09:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=52023"},"modified":"2018-03-22T15:12:40","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T09:42:40","slug":"delhi-high-court-seeks-centres-response-plea-aap-legislator-kailash-gahlot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-high-court-seeks-centres-response-plea-aap-legislator-kailash-gahlot","title":{"rendered":"Delhi High Court seeks Centre&#8217;s response on plea against  AAP legislator Kailash Gahlot."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/delhi-high-court.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" data-attachment-id=\"52035\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-high-court-seeks-centres-response-plea-aap-legislator-kailash-gahlot\/delhi-high-court-82\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/delhi-high-court.jpg?fit=459%2C236&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"459,236\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"delhi high court\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/delhi-high-court.jpg?fit=300%2C154&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/delhi-high-court.jpg?fit=459%2C236&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-52035\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/delhi-high-court.jpg?resize=300%2C154&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/delhi-high-court.jpg?resize=300%2C154&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/delhi-high-court.jpg?resize=150%2C77&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/delhi-high-court.jpg?w=459&amp;ssl=1 459w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe Delhi High Court today sought a response from the Centre on a plea by BJP MLAs seeking to remove AAP legislator Kailash Gahlot, who was disqualified for holding office of profit, as the city&#8217;s transport minister.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Rekha Palli issued notice to the office of the Delhi Assembly Speaker and Gahlot, seeking their response on his continuation as a minster and attending ongoing House proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>The court, however, refrained from restraining the disqualified transport minister from attending the assembly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Prima facie, I am inclined to restrain minister from attending the house proceedings, but I am not doing so. I need to get your (Centre, Speaker&#8217;s office and Gahlot) response before passing any order,&#8221; the judge said.<\/p>\n<p>It directed them to file their response in 10 days and fixed the matter for further hearing on April 6.<\/p>\n<p>Senior counsel Sanjay Jain and advocates Balendu Shekhar and Neeraj Kumar, appearing for the three BJP MLAs&#8211;Vijender Gupta, O P Sharma and Jagdish Pradhan&#8211; sought a direction for appropriate steps to remove Gahlot as minister of Delhi.<\/p>\n<p>Senior advocate Rajiv Nair, appearing for Gahlot, opposed the plea of the BJP MLAs. He said they yesterday withdrew their plea from a bench which was scheduled to hear the case and are engaged in bench hunting.<\/p>\n<p>The budget session of the Delhi Assembly started on March 16 and will continue till March 28.<\/p>\n<p>The Election Commission had recommended the disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs for holding office of profit on January 19. The president had accepted the poll panel&#8217;s opinion the very next day.<\/p>\n<p>The MLAs have challenged their disqualification order in the high court, which is yet to pronounce the judgment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi High Court today sought a response from the Centre on a plea by BJP MLAs seeking to remove AAP legislator Kailash Gahlot, who was disqualified for holding office of profit, as the city&#8217;s transport minister. 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